[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 03/12] bpf: allow self-xor operation

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

Some BPF programs may use XOR of a register with itself
as a way to zero register in one instruction.
The BPF filter converter generates this in the prolog
to the generated code.

The BPF validator would not allow this because the value of
register was undefined. But after this operation it always zero.

Fixes: 8021917293d0 ("bpf: add extra validation for input BPF program")
Cc: konstantin.ananyev@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/bpf/bpf_validate.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/bpf/bpf_validate.c b/lib/bpf/bpf_validate.c
index 7b1291b382e9..853279fee557 100644
--- a/lib/bpf/bpf_validate.c
+++ b/lib/bpf/bpf_validate.c
@@ -661,8 +661,15 @@ eval_alu(struct bpf_verifier *bvf, const struct ebpf_insn *ins)
 
 	op = BPF_OP(ins->code);
 
+	/* Allow self-xor as way to zero register */
+	if (op == BPF_XOR && BPF_SRC(ins->code) == BPF_X &&
+	    ins->src_reg == ins->dst_reg) {
+		eval_fill_imm(&rs, UINT64_MAX, 0);
+		eval_fill_imm(rd, UINT64_MAX, 0);
+	}
+
 	err = eval_defined((op != EBPF_MOV) ? rd : NULL,
-			(op != BPF_NEG) ? &rs : NULL);
+			   (op != BPF_NEG) ? &rs : NULL);
 	if (err != NULL)
 		return err;
 
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